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PART 5: LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS
Division 3: Residential – Contextual One Dwelling (R-C1) (R-C1s) District
Purpose
384
1
The Residential — Contextual One Dwelling District is intended to accommodate existing residential development and contextually sensitive redevelopment in the form of Single Detached Dwellings in the Developed Area .
2
Parcels designated R-C1s are intended to accommodate a Secondary Suite as a permitted use on the same parcel as a Single Detached Dwelling.
Permitted Uses
2
The following uses are permitted uses on a parcel that has a building used or previously used as a Community Recreation Facility or School Authority — School:
Discretionary Uses
386
1
The following uses are discretionary uses in the Residential — Contextual One Dwelling District:
2
The following uses are additional discretionary uses if they are located in buildings used or previously used as Community Recreation Facility or School Authority — School in the Residential — Contextual One Dwelling District:
3
The following uses are additional discretionary uses on a parcel in the Residential — Contextual One Dwelling District that has a building used or previously used as School Authority — School:
4
The following uses are additional discretionary uses on a parcel that has an existing building used as a Place of Worship — Large or Place of Worship — Medium provided any new development proposed does not result in the increase of any assembly area:
387
1
Parcels designated R-C1s have the same permitted uses referenced in section 385 with the additional permitted uses of:
2
Parcels designated R-C1s have the same discretionary uses referenced in section 386 with the additional discretionary uses of:
Rules
388
In addition to the rules in this District, all uses in this District must comply with:
a
the General Rules for Low Density Residential Land Use Districts referenced in Part 5, Division 1;
d
the applicable rules for the Special Purpose — Community Service District for those uses referenced in sections 385(2) and 386(2) and (3).
Number of Main Residential Buildings on a Parcel
389
The maximum number of main residential buildings on a parcel is one.
Parcel Coverage
393
The maximum parcel coverage is 45.0 per cent of the area of a parcel, which must be reduced by 21.0 square metres for each required motor vehicle parking stall that is not provided in a private garage.
Building Setback Areas
395
The depth of all setback areas must be equal to the minimum building setback required in sections 396, 397 and 398.
Building Setback from Front Property Line
396
1
For a Contextual Single Detached Dwelling and a Single Detached Dwelling, the minimum building setback from a front property line is the greater of:
4
For an addition or exterior alteration to a Single Detached Dwelling, which was legally existing or approved prior to the effective date of this Bylaw, the minimum building setback from a front property line is the lesser of:
Building Setback from Side Property Line
b
3.0 metres on one side of the parcel when no provision has been made for a private garage on the front or side of a building.
3
Unless otherwise referenced in subsection (4), for a corner parcel the minimum building setback from a side property line shared with a street is 1.2 metres, provided there is no portion of a building, except for a projection allowed in 337(3), located within 3.0 metres of:
4
Where a corner parcel shares a side property line with a street and the parcel forms part of a plan of subdivision approved by the Calgary Planning Commission prior to March 31, 1980, the minimum building setback from that side property line is 1.2 metres.
5
The building setback required in 2(b) may be reduced where the owner of the parcel proposed for development and the owner of the adjacent parcel register, against both titles, an exclusive private access easement:
a
where the width of the easement, in combination with the reduced building setback, must be at least 3.0 metres; and
a
the owner of the parcel proposed for development and the owner of the adjacent parcel register, against both titles, a 2.4 metre private maintenance easement that provides for a 0.60 metre eave and footing encroachment easement; and
Building Setback from Rear Property Line
398
The minimum building setback from a rear property line is 7.5 metres.
Building Height
399
1
For a Contextual Single Detached Dwelling and a Single Detached Dwelling, the maximum building height is the greater of: